# Jokes that don't work anymore (on a contemporary, younger crowd)

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**Tags:** comedian-jokes\
**Created:** [April 15, 2026, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-dont-work-anymore-on-a-contemporary-younger-crowd/1029293 "2026-04-15T17:38:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2026, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-dont-work-anymore-on-a-contemporary-younger-crowd/1029293/55 "2026-04-15T23:00:59Z")

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> [@DrDeth](#):
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> Camp Grenada

Just wondering: do kids still go to summer camp? And do they still [short sheet beds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-shortsheeting-a-bed-anyway-and-why-is-it-hilarious)? 🙂

> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> Borscht Belt stand-up comics

And that’s another thing! What’s the deal with all these people going for weeks (months?) to the Adirondacks? It’s the driving scenario in _Dirty Dancing_, but I, a Wisconsinite, just don’t get it. Why was is such A Thing? Do they still do it? And, when I got older and wiser, I ask, why is it such A Jewish Thing?

I can and did laugh at the jokes, but I don’t “get” it.

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